Cult Film Showdown: Enter The Octagon
The films featured on the podcast Kung Fu Electric Boogaloo - The Search For The Ultimate B Movie.
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- DirectorRobert ClouseStarsKurt ThomasTetchie AgbayaniRichard NortonAn American gymnast travels to a foreign country to compete in a deadly game not won by anyone other than a native in more than 900 years.
- DirectorLucas LoweStarsLoren AvedonRichard JaeckelDon StroudA cop goes undercover in Thailand to avenge his brother's death in this martial arts film.
- DirectorSam FirstenbergStarsMichael DudikoffSteve JamesJudie AronsonAmerican soldier, obviously very skilled in martial arts, single-handedly takes on mercenaries in the Philippines.
- DirectorLucas LoweStarsTrent BusheyKim ChanReese MadiganAfter being humiliated in the ring by a dirty kickboxer who pulled down his shorts and then hit him, a martial arts master decides to travel to China and enter a monastery where he may learn the Shaolin form of fighting. The film then veers into "Karate Kid" territory where the novice humiliates himself at every turn, is tolerated as a foreigner, and still comes out a champion. The monastery teaches non-violence, but everyone knows that sooner or later the student will catch up with the bad guy.
- DirectorNewt ArnoldStarsJean-Claude Van DammeDonald GibbLeah Ayres"Bloodsport" follows Frank Dux, an American martial artist serving in the military, who decides to leave the army to compete in a martial arts tournament in Hong Kong where fights to the death can occur.
- DirectorSam FirstenbergStarsShô KosugiLucinda DickeyJordan BennettAn evil ninja attempts to avenge his death from beyond the grave, by possessing an innocent woman's body.
- DirectorEdward D. MurphyStarsCameron MitchellGeoffrey BinneyHope HolidayMartial arts students visit an island with ghosts of dishonored fighters. They encounter a Hitler lookalike running a female slavery operation, leading to encounters with cannibals, piranhas, zombies, and chaos.
- DirectorPatrick AlanStarsBolo YeungMaryam d'AboWilliam ZabkaFight matches, that end when a man is either unconscious or dead, are fought in Tijuana. 2 naive friends, hoping to make a quick buck, go there. One owes money to a loan shark - giving them plenty of practice in no rule fights.
- DirectorJeff KanewStarsRobert CarradineAnthony EdwardsTimothy BusfieldAt Adams College, a group of bullied outcasts and misfits resolve to fight back for their peace and self-respect.
- DirectorSteve CarverStarsScott StraderPerry LangMariska HargitayThe coach of a college tennis team is given an ultimatum: put together a winning team, or else.
- DirectorChuck VincentStarsDennis DrakeSteven HoltPeter Brady ReardonThree sexy young women are hired to ensure that three college students don't pass their final exams, which would preclude one of them from inheriting a family fortune.
- DirectorBert I. GordonStarsLance SloaneKim EvensonSylvia KristelA 17-year-old high school student who's obsessed with sex tries to seduce both his beautiful older neighbor and the shy new girl in school over a bet, only to end up falling in love.
- DirectorGerald Seth SindellStarsSusan KigerLisa LondonPamela Jean BryantCollege exploitation film focusing on the wild escapades of the women of H.O.T.S. Sorority. The antics include but are certainly not limited to a wet t-shirt contest, a sky-diving episode, plenty of fraternity boys and even a house-keeping robot. Can the girls of H.O.T.S. overcome the scrutiny of their unliberated student counterparts and the University Administration as they unknowingly become the focus of bumbling crooks?
- DirectorRafal ZielinskiStarsPeter KeleghanKent DeutersLinda SpecialeFrolicking youth comedy about zany high school students set in the 1960s.
- DirectorRafal ZielinskiStarsBryan GenesseLance Van Der KolkAlan DeveauIn the original tradition of "Screwballs," four horny teens try to get a shot at the sexy new French teacher.
- DirectorRobert ButlerStarsTim MathesonJennifer RunyonStephen FurstBob McGraw is in his 12th year of college, goofing his way through life, until he has to win a river rafting race with three college buddies.
- DirectorKazuhiko YamaguchiStarsShin'ichi ChibaKyôsuke MachidaYuriko AzumaA man with a special power attempts to help a cursed woman.
- DirectorAl AdamsonSamuel M. ShermanStarsJ. Carrol NaishLon Chaney Jr.Zandor VorkovDracula conspires with a mad doctor to resurrect the Frankenstein Monster.
- DirectorRussell MulcahyStarsJason Scott LeeLouise LombardSean PertweeCenturies ago, under the sands of ancient Egypt, a Prince was buried and his tomb eternally cursed so that no man would ever again suffer from his evil ways. But hundreds of years later on a greedy search for treasure, a group of archaeologists break the cursed seal of the tomb. Every man vanishes without a trace, leaving behind only a log book, and a deadly warning of the legend of the bloodthursty Talos. Fifty years later, the log book ends up in the hands of the granddaughter of the head archaeologist, and she defiantly sets out to retrace his steps. Discovering the forbidden treasure, she recovers a sacred amulet and once again unleashes the savage power of the tomb. Racing through the streets of London, and against the force of a rare interplanetary line-up, she, along with the help of her original dig team and an American detective, desperately try to turn back the inhuman curse and to keep Talos from destroying all in his path in an attempt to gain immortal power.
- DirectorJerry WarrenStarsRobert ClarkeSteve BrodieCameron MitchellWhen a hot-air balloon crashes on a remote island, the crew discovers Dr. Frankenstein's ancestor carrying on the family work, along with a race of mutants and a population of Amazons.
- DirectorFred DekkerStarsAndre GowerRobby KigerStephen MachtA group of young monster fanatics attempts to save their hometown from Count Dracula and his monsters.
- DirectorIshirô HondaStarsNick AdamsKumi MizunoTadao TakashimaAn American scientist and his Japanese colleagues study a mysterious feral boy who is seemingly resistant to radiation, while a subterranean dinosaur ravages the Japanese countryside.
- DirectorAlan GibsonStarsChristopher LeePeter CushingStephanie BeachamIn 1972 London - a century after his final battle with Professor Van Helsing - Count Dracula is resurrected by occultist Johnny Alucard, and goes after his archenemy's descendants.
- DirectorFrank HenenlotterStarsJames LorinzJoanne RitchiePatty MullenA medical student sets out to recreate his decapitated fiancée by building her a new body made of Manhattan street prostitutes.
- DirectorJonathan KesselmanStarsAdam GoldbergAndy DickJudy GreerAn orthodox Jewish blaxploitation hero saves Hanukkah from the clutches of Santa Claus' evil son.
- DirectorDavid SteimanStarsBill GoldbergDouglas SmithEmilie de RavinSanta Claus is actually a demon who lost a bet with an angel, so he becomes the giver of toys and happiness. But when the bet is off, he returns to his evil ways.
- DirectorIrving PichelStarsJimmy DuranteTerry MooreTom DrakeA little squirrel with lots of charm accidentally helps two poor, down-but-NOT-out families overcome their obstacles.
- DirectorJohn A. RussoStarsDebbie RochonGrant KramerJohn MowodA B-horror movie actress is stalked by a deranged fan bent on claiming her for himself.
- DirectorRichard WinerBarry MahonStarsJay RipleyShay GarnerPat MorrellWhen Santa's sleigh gets stuck in Florida, he tells a group of kids the story of Thumbelina.
- DirectorJeffrey MandelStarsDan HaggertyJulie AustinDeanna LundA woman finds she is part of a Nazi breeding experiment with elves to create supermen. She and friends are trapped in a store with an elf. Only a renegade Santa Claus can save them.
- DirectorJohn MurlowskiStarsHulk HoganDon StarkRobin CurtisA heartless millionaire believes he is Santa Claus after an accident renders him amnesiac.
- DirectorEmmett AlstonStarsRoz KellyKip NivenChris WallaceDuring a New Year's Eve celebration, a Los Angeles disc jockey receives a phone call saying that when New Year's strikes in each time zone, someone will be murdered - and she will be the last one.
- DirectorLuigi CozziStarsMarjoe GortnerCaroline MunroChristopher PlummerAn outlaw smuggler and her alien companion are recruited by the Emperor of the Galaxy to rescue his son and destroy a secret weapon by the evil Count Zarth Arn.
- DirectorDavid WintersNeal SundstromStarsReb BrownJohn Phillip LawJames RyanA pilot is the only hope to stop the mutiny of a spacecraft by its security crew, who plot to sell the crew of the ship into slavery.
- DirectorMario BavaStarsBarry SullivanNorma BengellÁngel ArandaAfter landing on a mysterious planet, a team of astronauts begin to turn on each other, swayed by the uncertain influence of the planet and its strange inhabitants.
- DirectorConrad E. PalmisanoPeter McCarthyStarsRichard FarnsworthMichael ParéJohn LaughlinIn this sci-fi/western film set two hundred years from now, a bank robber, Grange is captured and sentenced to the penal colony on the mining planet Proxima Centauri 3 where he meets bounty-hunter Walker, and the Colonel, a retired policeman from LA who was considered the best of his kind. Grange is a dangerous lunatic and Walker and the Colonel must team up to keep him from escaping.
- DirectorJimmy T. MurakamiRoger CormanStarsGeorge PeppardRobert VaughnRichard ThomasA farm boy recruits a band of outlaws to save the planet Akir from forces that threaten to wipe them out from the face of the universe. A battle stretching beyond the stars begins here.
- DirectorIshirô HondaStarsRyô IkebeKyôko AnzaiMinoru TakadaThe nations of the Earth unite in a common cause to fight off an invader from outer space.
- DirectorMike HodgesStarsSam J. JonesMelody AndersonMax von SydowA football player and his friends travel to the planet Mongo and find themselves fighting the tyranny of Ming the Merciless to save Earth.
- DirectorMichael BenvenisteHoward ZiehmStarsJason WilliamsSuzanne FieldsJoseph HudginsEmperor Wang is leader of the planet Porno and sends his mighty sex ray toward Earth, which turns everyone into sex-mad fiends. Only one person can save the Earth, football player Flesh Gordon.
- DirectorErnest B. SchoedsackStarsRobert ArmstrongHelen MackFrank ReicherThe showman who brought Kong to New York returns to Skull Island and finds Kong's son, a spunky 12-footer with a winning personality and his dad's awesome strength.
- DirectorHoward ZiehmStarsVince MurdoccoRobyn KellyTony TravisFlesh Gordon is kidnapped by a group of space cheerleaders hoping to use him to save their planet.
- DirectorMorgan J. FreemanStarsMila KunisWilliam ShatnerGeraint Wyn DaviesA girl named Rachael Newman has developed a taste for murder and will stop at nothing to become a college professor's assistant.
- DirectorMark NeveldineBrian TaylorStarsJason StathamAmy SmartClifton Collins Jr.Chelios faces a Chinese mobster who has stolen his nearly indestructible heart and replaced it with a battery-powered ticker which requires regular jolts of electricity to keep working.
- DirectorSam FirstenbergStarsLucinda DickeyAdolfo QuinonesMichael ChambersA developer tries to bulldoze a community recreation center. The local breakdancers try to stop it.
- DirectorIvan NagyStarsReb BrownConnie SelleccaLen BirmanThe star spangled hero must battle a villain's plan to poison America with a chemical that horrifically accelerates the aging process.
- DirectorJoe ChappelleStarsDonald PleasencePaul RuddMarianne HaganSix years after Michael Myers last terrorized Haddonfield, he returns there in pursuit of his niece, Jamie Lloyd, who has escaped with her newborn child, for which Michael and a mysterious cult have sinister plans.
- DirectorSee-Yuen NgSammo Kam-Bo HungCorey YuenStarsBruce LeeTae-jeong KimJeong-lee HwangAfter Billy Lo is killed while seeking the murderers of his friend, his brother Bobby goes all out to bring the perpetrators to justice.
- DirectorAllan SilliphantStarsChristina HartRonald SouthWilliam CondosA single eventful night in the lives of a crew of Los Angeles-based, trans-Pacific stewardesses, as they experiment with drugs and engage in various sexual encounters.
- DirectorJulian RoffmanStarsPaul StevensClaudette NevinsBill WalkerA young archaeologist thinks he is cursed by an Aztec mask that makes him have strange nightmares. Before committing suicide, he sends the mask to his psychiatrist, who soon plunges into the mask's nightmarish world.
- DirectorDaniel L. SymmesStarsLinda GordonMariwin RobertsMike RangerMariwin Roberts and Linda Gordon star as a pair of sexy scientists who explore the secrets of sexuality with a sci-fi third dimension experiment.
- DirectorAndy SidarisStarsDarby HintonSybil DanningArt MetranoA womanizing private detective is assigned the task of investigating who is behind the hi-tech computer technology leaks to the Russians.
- DirectorMark L. LesterStarsBradley GreggTraci LindMalcolm McDowellThree ex-military robots are reprogrammed as teachers and secretly placed in a school where most students are part of organized gangs. They begin to respond violently to unruly students, and their military training starts to take over.
- DirectorFred WilliamsonStarsFred WilliamsonJim BrownJim KellyA pair of tough cops go after the mob who rigged the martial arts tournament and injured their buddy.
- DirectorClive FleuryStarsBurt ReynoldsWilliam ForsytheGiancarlo EspositoA collection of characters threaten to cross paths, unknowingly, during a night in the big city. The film focuses on two hit men who are bound to collide with Cates, a beautiful prostitute.
- DirectorJuan IbáñezJack HillStarsBoris KarloffJulissaCarlos EastAn evil scientist runs a veritable army of LSD-crazed zombies.
- DirectorEnzo G. CastellariStarsFranco NeroGiancarlo PreteBarbara BachAn engineer seeks vigilante justice against the gangsters who took him hostage, and forms an unlikely partnership with a young robber to bring them down.
- DirectorBurt KennedyStarsJerry ReedTom SelleckMorgan FairchildEx-cowboy and his side kick travel the highways and byways of America in search of adventure. Along with Morgan Fairchild they find plenty of it.
- DirectorSusannah O'BrienStarsValeria LukyanovaIsabella RaccoAnthony Del NegroWhen Chris and Andy order a model from an escort service, they find that something is unnaturally wrong with Natasha, something deadly wrong.
- DirectorJim WynorskiStarsKelli MaroneyTony O'DellRussell ToddA group of young shopping mall employees stay behind for a late night party in one of the stores. When the mall goes on lock-down before they can get out, the robot security system malfunctions, and goes on a killing spree.
- DirectorJack StarrettStarsPeter FondaWarren OatesLoretta SwitTwo couples vacationing together in an R.V. from Texas to Colorado are terrorized after they witness a murder during a Satanic ritual.
- DirectorDavid A. PriorStarsCameron MitchellTroy DonahueTed PriorA group of sadistic mercenaries kidnap people off the streets and set them loose on the grounds of their secret camp, so the "students" at the camp can learn how to track down and kill their prey.
- DirectorSam FirstenbergStarsDavid BradleyJohn Rhys-DaviesTodd JensenEx-D.E.A. Agent Jack receives an emergency message from his brother Phillip, whose team was ambushed on the Caribbean island of St. Keith. Jack goes to St. Keith to find his brother, who has been turned into a cyborg by the drug runner he was after.
- DirectorCheh ChangStarsTien-Chi ChengKuo ChaoYu-Po LiuTaoist Priest Yu Ji (Cheng Tien-Chi) is a victim of Magistrate Xu Gong's (Wong Lik) desire to kill General Sun Ce (Chiu Gwok) in a grab for power. Gong's plans go awry, as Yu Ji's spirit seeks revenge, after being publicly executed.
- DirectorKerry FelthamRafal ZielinskiStarsKim MyersIsabelle MejiasJames WilderA business man plans to dump toxic waste in a state park, but it doesn't go according to plan.
- DirectorSean S. CunninghamStarsShannon PresbyLori LoughlinJames SpaderA brother and sister arrive in a small town to help their relatives run an amusement park, and they find the town is terrorized by a local street gang.
- DirectorAmir ShervanStarsRobert Z'DarMathew KaredasJanis FarleyJoe Marshall and Frank Washington are two tenacious police detectives who seek at all costs to stop the Katana, a renegade Yakuza gang composed of violent and sadistic killers who want to lead the drug trade in Los Angeles.
- DirectorDonald G. JacksonStarsAbdullah the ButcherDenny AlbertsAndré René RoussimoffThe Shiek wreaks havoc throughout the sleaziest locales of the American wrestling circuit, maiming, mauling, and living up to his life's code: I like to hurt people!
- DirectorJohn SherwoodStarsGrant WilliamsLola AlbrightLes TremayneRocks from a meteor which grow when in contact with water threaten a sleepy Southwestern desert community.
- DirectorChester Novell TurnerStarsW.J. RiderDoug DaverportJohnnie TanguyActress, Shirley L. Jones returns from director, Chester Novell Turner's first film, Black Devil Doll from Hell (1984), to star in director Turner's next camcorder opus. She reads 2 spooky tales to the ghost of her dead son, Bobby. The second story features a zombie clown from hell. This film's considered the holy grail of VHS tapes, as their were only appx 100 copies originally printed (now Massacre Video's recently released a pristine remastering). Along the way, Shirley,'s hot-headed boyfriend's killed, and there's a bloody finale.
- DirectorOtto PremingerStarsJackie GleasonCarol ChanningFrankie AvalonInfamous psychedelic all-star comedy about ex-gangster Tony Banks, who's called out of retirement by mob kingpin God to carry out a hit on fellow mobster "Blue Chips" Packard. When Banks demurs, God kidnaps his daughter Darlene on his luxury yacht.
- 19641h 22mNot Rated2.3 (5.3K)DirectorRay Dennis StecklerStarsRay Dennis StecklerBrett O'HaraAtlas KingJerry falls in love with a stripper he meets at a carnival. Little does he know that she is the sister of a gypsy fortune teller whose predictions he had scoffed at earlier. The gypsy turns him into a zombie and he goes on a killing spree.
- DirectorTiago MesquitaStarsLindsay LohanCharlotte BeckettGianni CapaldiA private investigator must unravel the murder of her uncle while keeping the secret that she is a descendant from a line of werewolves.
- DirectorLarry YustStarsKiel MartinMel StewartDallas Edward HayesTwo Phildelphia con men try to evade gangsters they have conned and cops who are trying to put them in jail.
- DirectorRyan NicholsonStarsAlastair GambleMihola TerzicNathan WitteA bowling night will turn into a bloody death match for a team of teenagers, as a deranged serial killer is taking them down one by one.
- DirectorGodfrey HoStarsSimon ReedHarry CarterHenry SteeleA murderer, with the help of Chinese vampires, does battle with the ghost of a dead gambling lord's wife and the gambling lord's living brother.
- DirectorMartin CampbellStarsFred WardDavid WarnerJulianne MooreIn a fantastical 40's where magic is used by everyone, a hard-boiled detective investigates the theft of a mystical tome.
- DirectorSylvio TabetStarsMarc SingerKari WuhrerSarah DouglasDar is a warrior who can talk to the beasts. He is forced to travel to Earth to stop his evil brother from stealing an atomic bomb and turning their native land from a desert into, well - a desert.
- DirectorJim WynorskiStarsJohn TerleskyMonique GabrielleJohn LazarIn this parody of the sword and sorcery films, a princess is deposed by an evil sorcerer. She enlists the aid of Deathstalker to battle the forces of evil, including a clone of the princess, and win back her kingdom.
- DirectorRafal ZielinskiStarsAdam AntRichard BladeGail O'GradyA group of contestants travel to a castle in Italy to participate in a million dollar treasure hunt hidden on the premises. Little did they know, the lord of the castle hides a deadly secret.
- DirectorCourtney SolomonStarsJustin WhalinJeremy IronsZoe McLellanProfion, a tyrant, attempts to overthrow a peaceful kingdom ruled by a tough empress.
- DirectorAnthony HickoxStarsJulian SandsChris YoungPaula MarshallAn order of Druids train their children to battle an evil Warlock determined to unleash Satan upon the world by bringing a collection of five mystic rune stones together.
- DirectorTim EverittTom SartoriStarsSimon RheeArlene MontanoPhillip RheeMartial arts heroes battle aliens from the Astral Plane for control of the universe.
- DirectorCharles BandStarsJosé FerrerSue LyonJohn EricsonAfter a woman is nearly killed in a car accident, a doctor investigates the collision, which points toward revenge, destruction, and occult.
- DirectorDwain EsperStarsBill WoodsHorace B. CarpenterTed EdwardsA former vaudevillian gifted at impersonation assists a mad scientist in reanimating corpses and soon goes mad himself.
- DirectorJim WynorskiStarsRobert VaughnTeri CopleySteve AltmanThe nephew of a librarian must go collect a 200 year old book, "The Book of Ulthar." that should have never been checked out by the Evil Count Orlock cause one of the spells in it could bring about the end of the world. During his trip to the castle, he meets Marissa, a gorgeous rock star and heir to the castle's fortune. There they must confront the only other heir to the fortune and the book, Uncle Byron; and Uncle Byron and his 3 adopted nieces all have very, very, very broad smiles.
- DirectorWoo-sang ParkY.K. KimStarsY.K. KimVincent HirschJoseph DiamandA martial arts rock band goes up against a band of motorcycle ninjas who have tightened their grip on Florida's narcotics trade.
- DirectorGenie JosephThomas DoranBrendan FaulknerStarsFelix WardMaria PechukasDan ScottA wicked sorcerer tries to sacrifice a group of people inside his house with the intention of using their vitality to keep his wife alive.
- DirectorLawrence KasanoffStarsHilary DuffHaylie DuffCharlie SheenThe evil Brand X joins a supermarket that becomes a city after closing time.
- DirectorJohn MyhersStarsFrank StalloneBehrouz VossoughiCameron MitchellThe president's daughter is held for ransom in Beverly Hills by a group of middle eastern terrorists. Retired special forces agent and karate master, Hack Stone, is sent on a risky operation to get her back.
- DirectorAlbert PyunStarsMichael ParéClare KramerCourtney PeldonA soldier who has been fighting a long war is driven mad because he no longer believes in any purpose or righteous truth behind the killing. He comes home to a surreal world looking for his first and only love from his youth, believing she will rescue him from his demons. On the road to Edge City he encounters two seductive spree killers who oppose his efforts to find his love and the redemption he desperately seeks.
- DirectorLou KennedyBrandon PenderBrandon De-WildeStarsKe Huy QuanEddie SaavedraEd NeilMichael, a Vietnam vet with two kids, pulls off a bank heist with his gang, which includes the bank's manager. To ensure the loyalty of everyone involved, Mike makes a special set of keys, so that the hiding place for the loot can only be opened if all the members are present. The bank manager gets cold feet and tries to back out, so Mike and his buddies kill him and his wife, but his daughter gets hold of the key and runs for help to David, one of her father's old friends who also happens to be a Vietnam vet and a former comrade of Michael's. Will David be able to protect his friend's daughter?
- DirectorStephen ChiodoStarsGrant CramerSuzanne SnyderJohn Allen NelsonAliens who look like clowns come from outer space and terrorize a small town.
- DirectorSaul BassStarsNigel DavenportMichael MurphyLynne FrederickSuddenly, desert ants form a group intelligence and wage war on the humans. It's up to a couple of scientists and a girl to stop them
- DirectorCullen BlaineStarsMargaret TriggRichard GessweinJayne SmithRobotic Officer Tactical Operation Research. A prototype robot intended for crime combat escapes from the development lab and goes on a killing rampage.
- DirectorJerome GaryStarsShadoe StevensPriscilla BarnesWillard E. PughTraxx has battled his way through El Salvador, the Middle East and Nicaragua, spitting lead with two-handed good grace. He decides to retire to a life of baking designer cookies. Running out of dough to buy more dough, he hires himself as a "Town Tamer" and begins cleaning up Hadleyville, Texas, telling the lowlife street scum, "You got three choices. Be good, be gone, or be dead." Like all bacteria, the scum are resistant: crime boss Aldo Palucci (Robert Davi) brings in the dreaded Guzik brothers to rid the town of the town tamer, setting the stage for a showdown in the streets.
- DirectorAdam ResnickStarsChris ElliottRitch BrinkleyJames GammonA snobby finishing school graduate mistakenly winds up on an ill-fated fishing boat and faces the wrath of a crew that considers him bad luck.
- DirectorDavid Webb PeoplesStarsRutger HauerJoan ChenDelroy LindoIn a future where most of mankind and technology is wiped out, six people travel from place to place playing a brutal form of football with a dog skull. They hope one day to play in the league in a city.
- DirectorShay CasserleySimon LinscheidStarsJames P. BennettMikey GrahamJohnny MurrayA classic good versus evil action flick, mixed with kicks, guns, motorcycles and a hot babe!
- DirectorDavid DeCoteauStarsLinnea QuigleyKen AbrahamMichael ArandaA group of survivors try to avoid the battles of World War III. When they try to escape to the quiet lands, they encounter something much more deadly.